Ok so my apple watch fell and shattered the screen. Apparently when it is out of warranty, the cost to fix is just as much as buying a new watch.
Was wondering if there are other places that are cheap and fix the apple watch?
also, this presents the opportunity to see if another watch works just as well with my Apple Phone. Someone told me to get a galaxy watch but was wondering if its better to keep all in the ecosystem.
my uses for the watch is monitoring my steps, controlling my music, hanging up on phone calls and timing my workouts. Thats it.
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
One complaint about the Apple Watch and I'm not sure if this happens with you. But my caloric burn on the Peloton can be anywhere from 20-70 cals less
Best of luck
Apple watches go on sale around this time so I bet you'd be able to find a deal making it at or around the price of a galaxy.
The one thing about Fitbit that gives me pause is that everyone I know who had one said it broke after a year. Mine did too. I've had my Apple Watch going on 3 years now.
All things considered, I prefer the Apple.
Samsung likes to update it quite a lot so it i need to reset it once a year. I initially loaded it up with apps and it ran like shit. So now i keep it trimmed down with only the stuff i use.
I came from a fitbit alta which did notifications but you couldn't respond or answer phone calls. I'll never go back to that. That's one feature I need to have.
My wife has the 1st gen apple watch and she loves it. One thing i did notice if you use weight loss apps, the apple watch is supported across more of these than Samsung.
I find my Apple Watch shows less calorie burn than the machines I use. When you're moving around, it can lose contact with your skin, and lose your heartrate, which it uses to calculate calories.
That said, it is an imperfect science, so a 5-10% difference doesn't mean much to me.
One complaint about the Apple Watch and I'm not sure if this happens with you. But my caloric burn on the Peloton can be anywhere from 20-70 cals less
Best of luck
You can view texts and see who is calling you from the Garmin forerunner 945, you just cant use the watch as a phone itself. It has to be paired with the phone via blu tooth.
The forerunner 945 is a pretty advanced watch for running/triathalons.
You can get a similar watch, cheaper, if you want, in the forerunner 645 or 245.
I have the 945, but I use it for Ultra Running. Needed the extra battery and love the running features it comes with.
As Heisenberg said, it lacks a couple of cool Apple Watch features (finding your phone or answering calls/texts right on your phone), but, those arent core functionality requirements to me.
I've been using the Apple Watch since Christmas and like how I can hang up on calls, get the weather on my dashboard and text reading is a little easier since the dialogue box shows up as one instead of scrolling like the fitbit had.
As far as counting steps and monitoring exercise, the fitbit was far superior to the Apple Watch. I run roughly 6.5 miles per day, and usually net around 17,000 steps a day. For a time I was tracking calories very closely. With the fitbit, I was getting back about 1100 calories a day for my workout and additional steps. The Apple Watch only gives back calories based on that workout, and the number is typically 750-800, so it's severely shorting me. I read that it really only gives back calories for "workouts" so the steps you take during the day don't count. I'm sure I have this set up wrong, but I've done countless google searches and can't seem to fix it. Luckily I'm in a maintaining state right now, so I don't need to count very closely.
I've been using the Apple Watch since Christmas and like how I can hang up on calls, get the weather on my dashboard and text reading is a little easier since the dialogue box shows up as one instead of scrolling like the fitbit had.
As far as counting steps and monitoring exercise, the fitbit was far superior to the Apple Watch. I run roughly 6.5 miles per day, and usually net around 17,000 steps a day. For a time I was tracking calories very closely. With the fitbit, I was getting back about 1100 calories a day for my workout and additional steps. The Apple Watch only gives back calories based on that workout, and the number is typically 750-800, so it's severely shorting me. I read that it really only gives back calories for "workouts" so the steps you take during the day don't count. I'm sure I have this set up wrong, but I've done countless google searches and can't seem to fix it. Luckily I'm in a maintaining state right now, so I don't need to count very closely.
Yeah, the one thing I don't like about Apple Watch is how it tracks non-GPS runs. It uses your GPS run and walk data to estimate your stride on a treadmill, when it can be very different. Apple Watch underestimates my indoor runs by as much as 10%. Fitbit would allow you to adjust for stride length (unless I've missed that feature on Apple).
There is really no reason to own the 945 unless you run, do triathlons or hike a lot.
One cool feature for hiking is full maps. You can upload a route onto the watch, and get turn by turn directions, and even directions back to where you started if you get lost. There a ton of other cool features though.
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Thanks for that info. I'll let him know he should take a deeper look into the watch settings
There is really no reason to own the 945 unless you run, do triathlons or hike a lot.
One cool feature for hiking is full maps. You can upload a route onto the watch, and get turn by turn directions, and even directions back to where you started if you get lost. There a ton of other cool features though.
Just don't get lost right before your battery dies. GPS tracking is usually a battery hog.
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Thanks for that info. I'll let him know he should take a deeper look into the watch settings
There is really no reason to own the 945 unless you run, do triathlons or hike a lot.
One cool feature for hiking is full maps. You can upload a route onto the watch, and get turn by turn directions, and even directions back to where you started if you get lost. There a ton of other cool features though.
He got the watch through work, they gave them out to all their employees. I believe Garmin is a sponsor of theirs. He loves the watch
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Thanks for that info. I'll let him know he should take a deeper look into the watch settings
There is really no reason to own the 945 unless you run, do triathlons or hike a lot.
One cool feature for hiking is full maps. You can upload a route onto the watch, and get turn by turn directions, and even directions back to where you started if you get lost. There a ton of other cool features though.
He got the watch through work, they gave them out to all their employees. I believe Garmin is a sponsor of theirs. He loves the watch
It's a great watch, wasn't trying to insinuate otherwise. I have it and love it as well.
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Thanks for that info. I'll let him know he should take a deeper look into the watch settings
There is really no reason to own the 945 unless you run, do triathlons or hike a lot.
One cool feature for hiking is full maps. You can upload a route onto the watch, and get turn by turn directions, and even directions back to where you started if you get lost. There a ton of other cool features though.
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Just don't get lost right before your battery dies. GPS tracking is usually a battery hog.
This watch is built for long distance races and can last over 30 hours in full GPS mode.
I often think of dumping apple products, but the apple watch is the reason I haven't. I can't find another watch that answers calls/texts etc, without wifi and has the durability.